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[Hidden Content] Yeats is a terrific goalie. He played against the Wildcatters in 04-05(I think it was the New Year's game). Tough opponent, so I'm glad to see he's on our side now!

Congrats! I'm not sure how much *I* contributed to that, but I did spread the word around to those I know. And I put a link on my hockey site.

Yeah, and we seem to be playing the Pensacola Ice "Pirates" on the home opener. :roll:

I guess that technically, you're correct.

And yet nothing on the news.... :evil:

[Hidden Content] Yay! A French dude! I bet he knows our buddy, Thomas Bellemare. 8) Coop -- you hound your fellow news people on this one! I demand a story! :twisted:

I agree....some people are made for warmer weather than others. That's why I only travel up north during spring-fall. What was funny was when I was in Edmonton last Thanksgiving(American Thanksgiving) and there was NO snow at all. Not in Alberta or Saskatchewan. But there was snow in Montana and North Dakota. Alberta had a Chinook blowing through, thus causing their warmer(but still cold) temps.

Oh, now it's not that bad....it only gets to -40. Let me rephrase what I originally posted. The guys(before they retire from hockey) that want to live HERE in the off-season must be crazy. The grass is always greener, I suppose.

Ash isn't the only guy to be staying here. Phil Osaer(though he is to play in Europe this year) is engaged to a girl from the area. Jason Cugnet is married to a girl from Lumberton(?), and there are a few other guys that have serious girlfriends here. They all love the weather here, but I still think that Canada is much nicer. :oops:

It's not your fault, Coop. :? I just don't understand why certain OTHER news people didn't do something. :evil:

Question, but how come NONE of the local news stations talked about this signing? :x All there was on the news was high school football. That's quite pathetic, considering the fact that the Wildcatters are a PROFESSIONAL team. The players come from thousands of miles away, and are drafted by the NHL and INVITED to teams around pro hockey. :?:

[Hidden Content] So great to see a nice player signed! And he was with Long Beach....how unexpected. And Coop...he was drafted by the Stars! 8)

DQ can make any town backwoods. I've eaten at several DQs in Canada...they have them in every small town just like here in Texas. Except for the fact that they don't have white gravy, just the brown kind. :shock: And they put gravy and cheese curds on their fries and sell it as poutine. OK, I'm getting off-topic. 8)

He's a great goalie. You gotta love those Penguins. 8)

Congrats to him, that's a big step up! He's a great announcer, and I recall listening to a couple of Mudbugs games, and also while traveling between Dallas and Beaumont. We were trying to get the radio for the Dallas Stars, but got the Mudbugs all the was back to Beaumont...and it was one of their home games! Also, we got the same station near Laredo. That's one strong feed!

It really would work. If hockey can thrive in South Texas(and boy does it!), then it sure enough can thrive in East Texas.

I added the SETX Sports link to the bottom part of the forum index. 8)

Thanks! I will add a link to the bottom part of the site.

No problem. The Wildcatters are to start announcing signings on Monday. So alert your fellow news-people. 8)

This list is by Nailer_Fan of Intotheboards.net: 2006-07 ECHL Player Signings 2006-07 ECHL Player Signings North Division Toledo Storm D - Troy Barnes D - Tim Songin F - Richard Colwill F - Mike James F - Nick Parillo (VET) F - Matt Zultek (VET) Rights To: D - Gerry Burke D - Mat Ponto D - Ryan Reid F - Chris Blight F - Bracken Kearns F - Ken Magowan F - Scooter Smith F - Robert Snowball Wheeling Nailers D - Bernie Chmiel F - Justin Depretis F - Jonathan Foster Rights To: G - Andy Franck G - Kevin Schieve F - Jordan Cameron F - Bo Cheesman F - Moises Gutierrez F - Ned Havern F - Mike Rice F - Eric Sonneberg Reading Royals D - Scott Crawford D - T.J. Kemp D - Rob LaLonde D - James Laux D - Shawn Thompson D - Nick Vukovic F - Malcom MacMillan F - Kevin Saurette F - John Snowden Rights To: D - Jeff State F - Jon Francisco F - Chris Greene F - Leon Hayward (VET) F - Kris Kasper F - Mike Kompon Johnstown Chiefs Rights To: G - Josh Disher D - Doug Andress D - Jim Hakewill D - Brett Peterson D - Ben Wallace F - Jean Desrochers F - Jake Heller F - Brad Thompson Trenton Titans D - Chris Cava (VET) D - Peter Tormey F - Scott Bertoli (VET) F - Alex Goupil F - Les Haggett F - Jim Henkel F - Brian McConnell F - Scott Selig F - Scott Sheppard F - Peter Zingoni Rights To: D - Scott Ford D - Matt Maglione F - Aaron Gill F - Luke Stauffacher Dayton Bombers G - David Currie D - Preston Briggs D - Greg Labenski (VET) F - John Booras F - Marco Caprara F - Andy Cote F - Paul Kelly F - Dan Knapp F - A. J. MacLean Rights To: G - Mike Ayers D - Nick Harloff D - Bryan Nathe F - Matt Herneisen F - Jeff Legue F - Dominic Noel F - John Ronan Cincinnati Cyclones D - Riley Day D - Conrad Martin D - Jarred Mohr F - Barret Ehgoetz F - Sam Ftorek (VET) F - Erik Johnson F - Cory Konecny F - Scott Reynolds F - Robin Richards F - Garett Winder South Division Gwinnett Gladiators F - Justin Cross F - Randy Harris F - Scott Mifsud F - Bruce Mulherin F - Brett Pilkington F - Mike Vigilante (VET) Rights To: G - Sean Fields D - Jon Awe D - Matt York F - Jeff Campbell F - Chris Durno F - Pascal Pelletier F - Brian Teixeria Florida Everblades D - Ryan Brindley (VET) D - Steve Czech D - Chris Lee D - Andrew Martens F - Phil Aucoin F - Ernie Hartlieb (VET) F - Jon Jankus F - Brent McDonald (VET) Rights To: D - John Adams D - Tyson Teplitsky F - Matt Bannan F - Kevin Bergin (VET) South Carolina Stingrays G - Davis Parley D - T. J. McElroy D - Scott Romfo F - Josh Anderson F - Ryan Bennett F - Chris Chaput F - Jamie Fraser F - Jarrett Konkle F - Cail MacLean (VET) F - Cam McCaffrey F - Matt W. Reid (VET) F - Evan Schwabe Rights To: D - Nate Kiser Charlotte Checkers D - Kirk DeWaele (VET) D - Ren Fauci D - Kenton Smith (VET) D - Jan Vodrazka (VET) F - Blake Bellefeuille (VET) F - Brandon Cullen F - Dusty Jamieson F - Dan Murphy F - Adam Nightingale F - Daymen Bencharski Rycroft Rights To: G - Trevor Cunning D - Neil Petruic D - Bryan Rodney F - Nathan Gillies Augusta Lynx G - Brett Jaeger D - Will Bodine D - Phil Cole D - Eric Lundberg D - Mathieu Walthier F - Joe Cardarelli (VET) F - Louis Goulet (VET) F - Ryan Lang F - Joe Pereira F - Matt Radoslovich Rights To: D - Lee Jacobson D - Chris Leinweber D - Aaron MacInnis D - Ken Scuderi F - Jay Latulippe F - Brian Passmore Columbia Inferno D - Chris Barr D - Corey Hessler (VET) D - Andrew Lackner D - Derick Martin D - Bryce Thoma F - Anthony Battaglia (VET) F - Dallas Flaman F - Brad MacMillan F - Steve McJannet Rights To: G - Mike K. Brown G - Robert Gherson D - Chris Busby D - Derek Eastman -- Left Columbia and Signed in Europe, 7/29/06 D - Gary Gladue F - Chanse Fitzpatrick F - Grant Jacobsen F - Jeff Miles F - Mike Stathopoulos Pensacola Ice Pilots D - Ryan Crane D - Mario Joly D - Jani Honkanen D - Nate Metcalf D - Adam Tichauer D - Chris Trick F - Brendan Cook F - Jocelyn Dubord F - Dwayne Hay (VET) F - Jeff Hristovski F - Derek Krestanovich F - Jordan Krestanovich (VET) F - Tyler Liebel F - Nate Meyers F - Rob Rankin F - Dallas Steward F - Dan Sullivan F - Jason Visser F - Greg Watson Rights To: G - David Cann G - Dustin Traylen D - Matt Iannetta -- Left Pensacola and Signed in Europe, 7/27/06 D - Stuart Kerr F - Tyler Beechey F - Nicklas Lindberg F - Blake Robson Texas Wildcatters G - Matt Yeats D - J.F. David F - Brandin Cote F - Marco Rosa Rights To: D - Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu D - Eric Braff D - Steve Slaton D - Luis Tremblay F - Mike Bayrack (VET) F - Nicolas Corbeil West Division Alaska Aces D - Peter Metcalf (VET) D - Corbin Schmidt F - Jim Dahl F - Justin Johnson F - Matt Robinson F - Joe Talbot F - Julian Talbot Rights To: D - Matt Shasby F - Barrett Heisten (VET) F - Chris Heisten F - Alex Leavitt F - Vladimir Novak Las Vegas Wranglers G - Marc Magliarditi D - Mike McBain (VET) F - Nick Anderson F - Marco Peluso Rights To: G - Mike McKenna D - Aaron Power F - Todd Alexander F - Lee Green F - Sean O'Connor F - Chris Stanley F - Dan Tudin Idaho Steelheads G - John Daigneau D - Blake Forsyth D - Darrell Hay (VET) D - Kory Scoran F - Scott Burt (VET) F - Taggart Desmet F - Marty Flichel (VET) F - Lance Galbraith (VET) F - John Hopson F - Mark O'Leary F - Grey Rallo F - Mike Ramsay F - Jon Smyth F - Ryan Smyth F - Nathan Ward Rights To: D - Mike Gabinet D - Johnathan Zion F - Garrett Bembridge (VET) F - Mike Stutzel Utah Grizzles Rights To: G - Justin Eddy D - Lou Dimasi D - Ed Hill (VET) D - Eric Nelson D - Treavor Peterson F - Brad Herauf F - Ryan Kinasewich F - Tanner Schultz Victoria Salmon Kings G - Bryan Bridges D - Pat Sutton D - Ryan Thrussell F - Josh Garbutt F - Wes Goldie (VET) F - Seth Leonard F - Adam Taylor F - Ryan Wade F - David Wrigley Rights To: G - B. J. Boxma D - Mark Ashton F - B. J. Gaustad F - Elias Godoy F - Doug Wright Phoenix Roadrunners G - Michael Mole D - Dusty Demianiuk D - Brent Henley F - Aaron Slattengren F - Chase Trull Rights To: D - Nikita Korovkin F - Justin Aikins F - Jesse Bennefield F - David Bonk F - Garett Cameron F - Cory Pecker F - Jake Riddle F - Kevin Ulanski Pacific Division Fresno Falcons D - Cory Murphy (VET) D - Matt O'Dette (VET) D - Dustin VanBallegooie F - Luke Curtin (VET) F - Kelsey Muench F - Rob McFeeters F - Danny O'Brien F - J.F. Plourde F - John Wroblewski Rights To: G - Jeff Van Nynatten D - Matt Deschamps F - Brett Hammond F - Scott Kelman Bakersfield Condors G - Jamie Hodson D - Scott Balan D - David Kudelka D - Reagan Leslie D - Steve Rodberg D - Kevin Truelson F - Scott Borders F - Mike Hofstrand F - Andrew Ianiero F - Josh Liebenow F - Alex Rogosheske F - Kevin St. Jacques (VET) F - Danny Stewart F - Sean Venedam (VET) Rights To: D - Jordan Little D - Oriel McHugh D - Tyler Scott D - Evan Shaw Long Beach Ice Dogs D - Gabriel Proulx D - David Walker F - Adam Edinger (VET) F - Ash Goldie F - Mark Hurtubise F - Donald Johnson F - Alex Kim F - Brandon Schwartz Rights To: D - David Cousineau D - Luke Fritshaw D - Ben Knopp D - Mike Vellinga (VET) D - David Walker F - Max Birbraer (VET) F - Mac Faulkner Stockton Thunder G - Jeff Weber D - Mark Adamek D - Jason Beckett (VET) D - Beau Geisler D - Jeff Lang D - Brett Lutes F - Cam Abbott F - Chris Abbott F - Mike Adamek F - Brendon Hodge F - Mike Lalonde F - Nathan Martz Rights To: G - Jake Moreland F - Aaron Foster F - Kevin Gardner Totals: PEN - 19 IDH - 15 BAK - 14 SC - 12 STK - 12 AUG - 10 CHR - 10 CIN - 10 TRN - 10 CBA - 9 DAY - 9 FRN - 9 RDG - 9 VIC - 9 FLA - 8 LB - 8 SC - 8 AK - 7 GWN - 6 TOL - 6 PHX - 5 LV - 4 TEX - 4 WHG - 3 JHN-UTH - 0

Good ol' Hasek. I love his hybrid-method playing style.

Here's the funniest(and possibly grossest) one from a few years ago: [Hidden Content] It takes a LONG time to load, so be prepared to wait a while. :?

The website hockey-humor.com went down for a while, but is *temporarily* back up. So catch the funny pics they have while you can. [Hidden Content] And here's one of my favorite videos: [Hidden Content]

Belfour.com has a lot of info about him. I think the jail incident was the "old" Eddie. Now he's just old.

[Hidden Content] Let's see if he can stay out of jail... But seriously, I'm glad the Eagle has another year in him.